1892 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1892 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
IAANW champion
Conference Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest
Record5–0 (3–0 IAANW)
Head coach
  • None
Captain William C. Leary
Seasons
  1891
1893  
1892 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Minnesota $ 3 0 05 0 0
Wisconsin 2 2 04 3 0
Michigan 1 2 07 5 0
Northwestern 1 3 06 4 2
  • $ Conference champion

The 1892 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1892 college football season. After the departure of Tom Eck, head coach in 1891, the University of Minnesota team played for one season without a coach. This year, an organization was formed called the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest by representatives of Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Northwestern. [1] :20 Minnesota went undefeated this season, including wins over all three other members of the league, so they won the first league championship. [1] :22

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The game against Michigan was Minnesota's first game in the historic rivalry that would spawn the most famous of all rivalry trophies, the Little Brown Jug. The game against Northwestern was also the first meeting with that school.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Ex-Collegiates* Minneapolis, MN W 18–10
October 17 Michigan Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)W 14–6800
October 22 Grinnell *Minneapolis, MNW 40–24
October 292:30 p.m.at Wisconsin W 32–4 [2]
November 82:48 p.m. Northwestern Minneapolis, MNW 18–121,000 [3]
  • *Non-conference game

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Game summaries

Michigan

October 17, 1892, Minnesota faced Michigan in Minneapolis. The game was the first of more than 90 meetings in the Little Brown Jug rivalry. Minnesota won the game, 14–6. The game was played on a Monday afternoon during a hard rain that made the field wet and muddy. The Detroit Free Press's account of the game reported that Michigan was "badly outclassed at center and could not withstand Minnesota's rush." [4] At the end of a 45-minute first half, Minnesota led 10-0. Michigan's only touchdown came on a long run by George Jewett in the second half. Jewett and Ralph Hayes were also praised for making "great tackles." [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 The General Alumni Association (1928). Martin Newell (ed.). The History of Minnesota Football. The General Alumni Association of the University of Minnesota.
  2. "Ski-u-mah". The Sunday Tribune . Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 30, 1892. p. 1. Retrieved November 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. "Minnesota Wins". The Minneapolis Times . Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 9, 1892. p. 5. Retrieved December 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. 1 2 "Foot Ball: Michigan Beaten by Minnesota". Detroit Free Press. October 18, 1892. p. 8. Archived from the original on December 17, 2012.(The Detroit Free Press reported the game's final score as 16–6, the difference in the accounts being the goal after touchdown on Minnesota's final touchdown in the second half.)